Hedges: 76 books

A funny, bittersweet exploration of how a child can change in one short year of love, loss, and growing up… Seven-year-old Scotty Ocean decides that seven is going to be “his year.” But soon after his birthday, his artist-turned-alcoholic mother abandons the family—leaving...

As a child, did you hear or see things that nobody else could?Did your parents try to convince you that you were just daydreaming, that they weren't real? Maybe you had scary experiences that adults tried to convince you were just your imagination?The author, Lorna Hedges, went...

Are atheists immoral? Does religion cause conflict? Is religion always opposed to science? Boldly paving the way for constructive dialogue between atheists and religious believers, Paul Hedges tackles issues such as the treatment of women, the idea of a pure and empirical realm of 'science',...

Life isnt all about fairy floss, unconditional love, and perfection, although it's wonderful when we get moments of this. We also dont have to ride the scary roller coaster filled with major highs and lows. There are many positive choices we can make for our own happiness and wellness. In Going Barefoot,...

Sex in Psychotherapy takes a psychodynamic approach to understanding recent technological and theoretical shifts in the field of psychotherapy. Lawrence Hedges provides an expert overview and analysis of a wide variety of new perspectives on sex, sexuality, gender, and identity; new theories about...

Lorna Hedges was inspired to write this book after she was approached one day by a lady who shared with her that her friend was unwell, almost certainly as a result of working with bad energy. The friend, she was told, had been left emotionally drained and physically quite unwell. Lorna knew that...

When some people speak, everyone listens. When they need commitment to projects, others jump on board. They just seem to have that indescribable “presence”--a subtle magnetic field around them wherever they go that signals authority and authenticity and attracts disciples with ease. Wouldn’t...

On November 23, 1863, General Ulysses Grant ordered the United States Army of the Cumberland forward to the Confederate base rifle at Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee. What followed was the most amazing and maybe the most courageous charge of the American Civil War. The Boys of Chattanooga...

One of the issues confronting Messianic Judaism is their relationship to the Torah and to the Rabbinic Customs of the Jews. There are two tensions that confront Jewish Believers in Jesus. In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus says: “Do not think that I have come to destroy the Torah and the Prophets....

The liberal class plays a vital role in a democracy. It gives moral legitimacy to the state. It makes limited forms of dissent and incremental change possible. The liberal class posits itself as the conscience of the nation. It permits us, through its appeal to public virtues and the public good,...

Named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon.com and the Washington Post Three years ago, Pulitzer Prize–winner Chris Hedges and award-winning cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco set out to take a look at the sacrifice zones, those areas in America that have been offered up for exploitation in...

In the early 20th century, Argentina possessed one of the world's most prosperous economies, yet since then Argentina has suffered a series of boom-and-bust cycles that have seen it fall well below its regional neighbours such as Chile. At the same time, despite the lack of significant ethnic or linguistic...

Tim Welch is a popular history teacher at the Montague Academy, an exclusive private school in Brooklyn Heights. As he says, "I was an odd-looking, gawky kid but I like to think my rocky start forced me to develop empathy, kindness, and a tendency to be enthusiastic. All of this, I'm now convinced,...

Conversations on sustainability, renewable energy, and other pressing issues: “A level of intellectual discussion all too absent in our national discourse.” —Booklist A co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, named one of the most influential women of the twentieth century...